Odds And Ends -- Previously In Draft -- For The Archives -- October 18, 2014

Does anyone see the sexism in this:

"I hugged and kissed the health care providers that took care of the Ebola patient -- I didn't kiss the doctors, but I kissed the nurses."  -- President Obama, press conference, earlier this morning. I'll try to get exact quote later; that was typing as fast as I could as I listened to the tape.

For those that missed it, I guess all doctors, in ObamaCare, are male, and all nurses are female.

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Unraveling

President Obama is in deep trouble on Ebola for any number of reasons, but these two stand out:

1) AWOL: About 2012, everyone (including his own party and talking heads on MSNBC) was talking about President Obama being absent, AWOL. He was not to be found. Clint Eastwood even did the famous "empty chair" routine. And all the jokes about his golfing. He has been AWOL; he returned too late to deal effectively with ISIS and Ebola. Others filled the vacuum. 

2) GOOFUS: he has lost all credibility. First, he said ISIS was the "JV" and the US military could easily take out ISIS if directed to do so. Second, he said Ebola was difficult to transmit.

Whether one is an Obama supporter or not, it's hard to argue these two points if one is intellectually honest.

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Distancing Himself

Getting ready for a presidential run in 2018, it looks like Mr Biden is starting to distance himself from this administration. I wonder if he can "resign" like Mr Holder?

The Weekly Standard is reporting:

"The middle class is getting killed," Biden said.

"In the last ten years, average salary of the middle class in America according to Standard & Poor's has gone up 14 cents."  (President Obama and VP Joe have been in office for 60% of that time.)

Biden's event was "on the Importance of Investing in our Nation's Infrastructure," according to the White House.

Infrastructure like the Keystone XL pipeline?